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SERHIY DERKACH
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Member of the Supervisory Board and Audit Committee, JSC Ukrposhta 2023 – Sep 2025
- Ensuring compliance with corporate governance principles, shareholder rights, and transparency
standards.
- Overseeing the effectiveness of internal control and risk management systems.
- Ensuring that Ukrposhta operates responsibly as a state-owned enterprise, balancing commercial
efficiency with social and public service obligations.
- Assessing the effectiveness of internal control systems, risk management processes, and
compliance frameworks.
- Ensuring that major risks (financial, operational, compliance, reputational) are properly identified
and mitigated.

Deputy Minister for the Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine 2023 - present
Coordinate activities to ensure the fulfillment of tasks and functions of the Ministry for Development of
Communities and Territories of Ukraine for the formation and implementation of state policy in the
following areas:
- road transport and road management;
- aviation transport and infrastructure, as well as the use of Ukrainian airspace;
- safety in transport;
- arrangement and modernization of checkpoints across the state border;
- technical regulation on transport.

Head of Corruption Prevention and Detection Department 2020- Dec 2022
(National Agency on Corruption Prevention)
- Providing leadership on planning and execution of strategic and operational tasks of the
Department. In particular, the mandate of the Department includes risk management procedures for
all state institutions and legal entities; coordination and training anti-corruption and compliance
officers; facilitation of comprehensive assessments (spot checks) of state institutions within the
field of corruption prevention; implementation of whistle-blower’s protection system;
- Oversee the implementation of strategic policies and work towards the advancement of the
Department;
- Monitor, lead, train, and manage staff of the Department.

Anti-corruption Expert/Project Manager 2017-2020
(European Union Anti-corruption Initiative)
- Providing expert advice and input to the development and implementation of a technical assistance
programme in anti-corruption at the national level.
- Working with government counterparts in assessing and classifying the support needs to strengthen
their institutional and human resources capacities.
- Assisting in designing and further upgrading and developing the national anti-corruption strategy
and anti-corruption campaigns in collaboration with civil society, media, business sector, non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs).
- Establishing contacts and, where appropriate, cooperation and partnerships with national and
international bodies tasked with the prevention and control of corruption.
 - Conducting project management tasks: initiating, monitoring, coordinating and implementing all
project activities, ensuring appropriate compliance with the EU administrative policies and
procurement requirements.

Anti-corruption Officer 2015-2017
(European Union Advisory Mission in Ukraine)
- Providing strategic advice for the leadership of the Ukrainian state institutions in shaping,
developing and implementing anti-corruption procedures;
- Monitoring, and advising management of newly established anti-corruption institutions;
- Contributing towards the Mission’s policy in preventative anti-corruption activities with the
National Police, Public Prosecutor’s Office and other state security agencies;
- Providing operational support and ensuring the sustainable capacity building of anti-corruption
agencies through projects, trainings, study visits, etc.;
- Developing and implementing awareness-raising communication campaigns and projects for the
National Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Head of Operations Department 2013-2015
(United Nations Mission in Liberia)
- Managing a multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural team of the United Nations police officers in
providing operational support to the Liberia National Police (LNP);
- Advising the LNP senior leadership in planning, development and implementation of strategic level
operational activities: operational and contingency plans, procedures and policies;
- Formulating UNPOL operational strategies, initiatives in support of the Mission’s mandate, LNP
strategic development plan and national security policy of Liberia;
- Supervising UNPOL reporting procedures and practices, assuring quality control for accuracy,
completeness and timeliness.

Deputy Chief of Special Peacekeeping Training Center 2012-2013
(Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv)
- Leading internal improvement and process change projects;
- Coordinating the selection, recruitment and training process;
- Ensuring best value is obtained for the project including supplier base, use of internal and external
resources;
- Monitoring and updating project plans to include agreed changes.

Training and Development Coordinator 2011-2012
(Administration Institute of National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv)
- Identifying training and development needs within an organization;
- Managing the delivery of training and development programmes and, in a more senior role,
devising a training strategy for the institute;
- Evaluating, amending and revising training programmes as necessary, in order to adapt to changes
occurring in the work environment.

Team Leader Training Capacity Building Team 2009-2011
(United Nations Mission in Liberia)
- Providing continuous leadership, supervision, training and development of department staff
ensuring an effective and motivated team;
- Programming training improvements to continuously develop the quality of graduates;
- Evaluating the performance of local instructors/training staff;
- Implementing structural changes of the Academy in the course of its further development.
Senior Investigator 2006-2009
(Central Investigation Department Ministry of Internal Affairs)
 - Processing scenes of major crimes and formulate a plan of procedure;
- Identifying and examining case issues and evidence needed, based on analysis of charges,
complaints, or allegations of law violations;
- Drafting detailed investigative reports and presenting evidence to the prosecutor.
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Education:
Master’s Degree in Law 2005-2006
Kiev National University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine
Bachelor’s Degree in Law (Specialist) 2001-2005
Kyiv Law Institute of Internal Affairs, Ukraine

Extra Courses and Trainings:
Course “Risk Management”, PECB, Canada Apr 2020
Course “Project Management”, Kyiv-Mohyla Business School, Ukraine Sep 2018
Security Sector Reform Training, Folke Bernadotte Academy, Sweden Dec 2016
Course “Protection of civilians” Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units, Italy Jan-Mar 2013
Course “Conflict Analysis” United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC, USA Jan 2011

Skills and Competencies:
Language skills: Ukrainian, Russian (native); English (C1); Spanish (B1)
Personal skills and competencies: leadership; teamwork; accountability; communication; creativity;
planning and organizing.